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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 04:04 PM
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I agree, the vanquish S sounds phenomenal. I'm afraid the vanquish is the last of the true astons. I am very disappointed at the quality of the new ones. It's a disgrace imo.

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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by LABrit

The Vanquish 'S' had a much better paddle shift gearbox than the regular Vanquish. It was also possible to pay 13,000 pounds and have them put in a manual gearbox after Clarkson decimated it on TopGear. I wonder how a DBS transmission would perform in the Vanquish!
Yes, but the gearbox in the "S" still sucks compated to Ferraris, Lambo's and even the Tiptronic in the 911.That gearbox has been such a PIA you wouldnt believe me if I told you in how many infinite ways it has gone wrong over the past years.
Gearbox and the interior sucks, but the rest is to die for. It sounds great also.


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was the Vanquish a Volvo parts bin car as well?
Yup

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I'm afraid the vanquish is the last of the true astons

 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 03:41 PM
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Just stay away from 456 automatics and you'll be fine. Like all cars with the Prancing horse, maintenance is expensive and more frequent.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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I wouldn't compare it to the 550 but it's arse is fairly good looking.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 06:40 PM
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Yumm...
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 06:44 PM
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Yumm...
Saw one of them ^ in London once, cool family car eh?
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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The fact that nobody can tell its a Ferrari station wagon is what makes the whole design so cool to me.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 07:25 PM
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I like the looks of the 456 for what it is and they are darn cheap these days.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 09:00 PM
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wait, Ferrari made a station wagon????
 
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by TommyBahama
wait, Ferrari made a station wagon????
Not officially. It was a one-off made by Pininfarina for the Sultan of Brunei. It's facking badass though. I love it!
 
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